Call for Speakers for the Third Annual Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2014 Now Open Through November 22nd

Call for Speakers for the Third Annual Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo
2014 Now Open Through November 22nd
Percona Live London 2013 Also Accepting Speaker Proposals Through
September 8th
PLEASANTON, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 09/04/13 -- Percona, the company
that makes MySQL faster and more reliable, announced that the Call
for Speakers for the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2014 is
open and accepting speaker proposals through November 22, 2013. The
2014 event will be held at The Hyatt Regency Santa Clara and Santa
Clara Convention Center, from April 1-4. Sponsorship opportunities
and Super Saver Registration discounts are also available.
With "awesome" used as a common descriptor, the 2013 conference
boasted a 15% increase in attendees over 2012 and attracted MySQL
experts from 35 countries and six continents. Percona Live featured
talks by industry luminaries from Oracle, Percona, 451 Research, HP
Cloud Division, Amazon Web Services, Continuent, Monty Program Ab,
and many more. The 2014 event promises to be even better.
Proposals are being accepted for both conference breakout sessions as
well as pre-conference tutorial sessions:
-- The conference committee is especially interested in receiving
detailed proposals for breakout sessions that fit into the likely
conference tracks of Developing Applications, Database Administration,
Trends in Architecture and Design, Tools, Utilizing Hardware,
Integrating MySQL and NoSQL, New Features, Best Practices for
Businesses, Replication, and High Availability Strategies. Each
session is 50 minutes in length including a Q&A period.
-- Tutorials should present immediate and practical applications of
in-depth MySQL knowledge targeted at a level between a training class
and a conference breakout session. Tutorials are three hours in length
including a Q&A period.
Sponsorships
Sponsorship opportunities for the Percona Live MySQL Conference and
Expo 2014 are available. Sponsors become a part of a dynamic and
growing ecosystem and interact with more than 1,000 DBAs, sysadmins,
developers, CTOs, CEOs, business managers, technology evangelists,
solutions vendors, and entrepreneurs in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Planning to Attend?
Super Saver registration discounts for the
Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2014 are available until
November 17, 2013.
Visit the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2014 website for
more information about the conference. Interested community members
can also register to receive email updates about the Percona Live
MySQL Conference and Expo 2014.
Percona Live London
The conference committee for Percona Live London
2013 is currently accepting session and tutorial submissions for the
November conference through September 8, 2013. Speakers will be
announced at the end of the month.
Sponsorship opportunities for the Percona Live London 2013 conference
are still available. Sponsors already committed to the event include:
-- Diamond: Continuent
-- Platinum: Codership, Fusion-io, Virident
-- Exhibits Only: Invinco
-- Other: Devart
Early Bird registration discounts for Percona Live London 2013 are
available until September 15, 2013. The conference is November 11-12,
2013.
Percona Live Conferences
What:
Percona Live London 2013
Where:
Millennium Gloucester Conference Center
4-18 Harrington Gardens,
London, SW7 4LH
When:
November 11-12, 2013
Call for Papers Deadline: September 8, 2013
What:
Percona Live
MySQL Conference and Expo 2014
Where:
The Hyatt Regency Santa Clara and Santa Clara Convention
Center
5101 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054
When:
April 1-4, 2014
Call for Papers Deadline: November 22, 2013
About Percona
Percona has made MySQL faster and more reliable for over 2,000
customers worldwide since 2006. Percona provides enterprise-grade
MySQL Support, Consulting, Training, Remote DBA, and Server
Development services to companies such as Cisco Systems,
Alcatel-Lucent, Groupon, and the BBC. Percona's founders authored the
definitive book High Performance MySQL from O'Reilly Press and the
widely read MySQL Performance Blog. Percona also develops software
for MySQL users, including Percona Server, Percona XtraBackup,
Percona XtraDB Cluster, and Percona Toolkit. The popular Percona Live
conferences draw attendees and acclaimed speakers from around the
world. For more information, visit www.percona.com.
Percona(R) and XtraBackup(R) are registered trademarks of the Percona
LLC or its subsidiaries. All other registered and unregistered
trademarks in this document are the sole property of their respective
owners.
Company Information
Press Contacts
Terry Erisman
Percona
(888) 401-3401 Ext. 555
Terry.Erisman@Percona.com